The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-14

Tomcat Must not Howl Tonight IL VIII
be sent postpaid for s., or with seven cham
hers and self cooking action for 81 DO Bur
Hngtou FRI" Press.
Sausage: To hfy pounds meat, twelve
ounce. salt, four Of ground black pepper
two of tine sage, and two of saltpe're. IN.
sausage is better to be one-half beef.-7otedo
Blade.
The awful silence in the above AZ to what
the other half should be is a solemn warning
to tie up your dogs.
Bees in their search for honey visit only
one kind of flower on the same trip. This l.
not accidental, but il is q wise provision Tor
preventing by bri,lizstion Of different varie
Ties from pollen which bees always dis'rio'
ute in their journey from flower to hover
Chicago JOundt.
We are glad to know about that. Hy'bri'
di IN ton is Just what we've been wanting
10 know about. A humble bee lit on our nose
once, but he didn't say anything about u;
and our heart has been yearning to learn all
about il ever since.
The University of Michigan is making
preparations for big celebration OF its M
tie,h birthday this coming June. There are
now ,525 students in the University OF
Michigan, and ii is prospecting.
Some enierprising crank has hunted out
the following quotations from Scripture, in
SUPPORT of the interstate commerce bill:
Thou shall not pass-Numbers xx., lS.
Suffer not man /, psss-Judges iii, ".
The wicked shall no more pass-Nahum
j., Is.
None shall ever pass--Isaiah xxxiv., 10
This generation shall not piss-Mark xiii,
80.
Though they roar, yet they canno. pass
Jeremiah 22.
So he paid his fare, and went--Jonah l., 3.
Clean brasses on mahogany furniture by
rubbing with chamols skin dipped in either
powdered whiting or rotten stone mixed
with sweet oil.--EL.
Now if they will tell us how to clean the
brass on the Ottawa cellar organ we will be
obliged.
A duel has just occurred in Mexico in
which both the principals were shot dead
As the seconds escaped with their lives, this
duel, though highly satisfactory, cannot be
called an ideal one.
The New York state senate has passed the
bill limiting the hours of labor to ten per
day, and forbidding Sunday work in bak
cries.
The coat tail Irritation is the latest. A
wrinkled coat tail. bearing dusty toe marks,
means, al have spoken to your father"
Brooklyn, with its estimated population
of 500, 900, is without public library or an
art gallery.
"My young friend" he said solemnly,
"do you ever attend a place of worship!
eyes, sir, regularly, every Sunday night, !.
replied the youth. III on my way to see
her now
II takes a woman a long time to get into
the thirties. but when she does get there she
stays. But then, of corsets all right.
A wicked wag in Washington upon learn.
ing that Queen Kapiolani had among her an
cestors the King Of Hilo, wanted to know
where the jack came in, and then APOLOGIZE
cally added that he didn't wish to make
game Of it.
What is the difference between a young
dude in mourning and tobacco chewer!
One wears the weed and the other chews it.
The following was received with remit
lance from gentleman who purchased a
book on time:
What isl book agen $ all eschew,
(Or say 80 when they talk to YOU
But like it, just the same, when due'
CASH.
A gentleman who is not in the insane asy
lum gives us this SUN to do:'
Two men take ditch 200 rods long to
dig; they get one hundred dollars for the
lob; the one man gets IS cents per rod and
the other man gets SID Ter rod. What
portion Of this ditch will each man have to
dig to get each man $5Of
There are several answers to this: Let
the two men divide the money md hire the
work done, or dig it aud quarrel about the
money; but we couldn't tell much about the
exact number Of rods each man would dig
unless we knew how lazy he was.
The box stove in cars must 20. The leg
i.lature has so decreed it, and the traveller
In Michigan will now have some chance for
his life. Other states should follow Michi
CANS wise example-hdiamasoo Mich.
Uerdtd.
England may be "mistress Of the Cs,
but she has never yet been able to fairly mas
ter the HIS Boston Gazette.
A Chinaman being saved from drowning
by being pulled out by his pigtail said, 90
thank queue
Try buttermilk for the removal of tan anc
walnut stains and freckles.--Er.
We have tried buttermilk for the collie ant
found it successful in producing a superior
article, but for freckles we have heard thu
following remedy recommended for ladies
Wash the face clean after tea and dry in
soft cambric towel. Then wrap shaw
over the shoulders, 90 out in the orchard
brush the face over carefully with soft mus